stoneware
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007
Pottery fired at a high temperature (about 2,200 °F, or 1,200 °C) until vitrified (made glasslike and impervious to liquid). Because stoneware is nonporous, glaze is applied only for decoration. Stoneware originated in China 1400 and was exported to Europe in the 17th century. This red to dark-brown stoneware was copied in Germany, England, and the Netherlands. bone china, porcelain.
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A luminescent feast: bone china's translucence is now partnered with a durability worthy of commercial use.(food & beverage)
Hotels; 10/1/2004; Houlehan, Katherine Bontrager; 787 words
; The distinctive qualities of bone china are unmistakable: A sheer luminescence--like holding rice paper up to light--a delicate weight and an unquestionable elegance. Long believed to be too fragile for most hotels and restaurants, bone china was at home in only the finest establishments. Today
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Family china; Dining on old-time values with quality plates.(LIFE - HOME)
The Washington Times; 11/6/2002; 787 words
; Byline: Jen Waters, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Formality is back in fashion, says Irv Losman, owner of Tiara Galleries and Gifts in Rockville. Mr. Losman, who sells Herend china, a sophisticated porcelain made in Hungary, says he has seen a growing interest in returning to simple values, such as eating
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The myths and shattering realities of fine china and porcelain
Chicago Sun-Times; 10/30/1988; Judith Glynn; 659 words
; If you put a spoon into a china cup when pouring hot coffee or tea because you think the metal will prevent the cup from breaking, you can stop. That old wives' tale is a myth. In fact, to prove that bone china is one of the strongest materials in the world, representatives of the Wedgwood company
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Pfaltzgraff pares china. (dinnerware supplier discontinues bone china giftware and nine bone china dinnerware patterns)
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 3/27/1995; Bernard, Sharyn; 577 words
; YORK, PaThe Pfaltzgraff Co., a leading tabletop supplier with more than $150 million in sales, is discontinuing its fine of bone china giftware and withdrawing line of its 23 bone china dinnerware patterns from regular retail sale to place more emphasis on its growing casual dinnerware business,
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WEDGWOOD LOOKS TO FUTURE WITH ETERNITY.
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 9/25/2006; Zisko, Allison; 416 words
; Byline: Allison Zisko NEW YORK-Since most consumers will never witness the man-standing-on-a-teacup parlor trick that the industry gets to see every now and then during shows, executives at Wedgwood are moving in new directions to prove to shoppers just how strong bone china really is. The company
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